Clemson

COLLEGE

NEW COACH Tommy Bowden has rounded out his staff with Rich Rodriguez, his offensive coordinator at Tulane.

Rodriguez was passed over for the head coaching jobs at Tulane and Middle Tennessee State and turned down the top job at Southwestern Louisiana to join Clemson Wednesday.

HAWAII

UTAH COACH Ron McBride has dropped out of the running as a replacement for Fred vonAppen.

McBride said it was taking too long for Hawaii Athletic Director Hugh Yoshida and his screening committee to choose a successor for vonAppen, who was fired last week after going 0-12 this season and 5-31 over three seasons, Honolulu newspapers reported.

FLORIDA STATE

Seminoles kicker Sebastian Janikowski, winner of the Lou Groza award as the nation's top kicker, will not be prosecuted on a battery charge.

The case arose from a Nov. 22 incident in which a male FSU cheerleader was beaten outside a local bar.

Janikowski kicked three field goals to help FSU defeat Florida 23-12 Nov. 21 - hours before the fight.

According to a report by Tallahassee police, Mauricio Colon, the 22-year-old victim, and his friends said Janikowski hit first. Janikowski said that Colon struck first.

ALL-SEC VOTE

KENTUCKY QUARTERBACK Tim Couch and Tennessee linebacker Al Wilson were the only unanimous selections to the All-Southeastern Conference first team in voting among the conference's coaches.

Couch, a junior, was named SEC Offensive Player of the Year by The Associated Press.